Table 1.

Descriptive statistics (N = 2,265) of survey respondents stratified by high-risk cancer genetic testing status.

Variable	Categories	Underwent high-risk cancer genetic testing		No genetic testing
		N	Wtd %	N	Wtd %
Sex	Male	30	20.0	880	50.9
	Female	111	80.0	1208	49.1
Age Group	18 to less than 35	10	8.9	317	29.4
	35 to less than 50	32	34.3	426	27.4
	50 to less than 65	54	41.8	663	27.8
	65 to less than 75	30	10.8	448	10.6
	75 or older	11	4.2	191	4.9
Race/Ethnicity	NH White	91	79.4	1263	64.1
	NH Black	12	9.2	277	11.9
	Hispanic	17	7.8	288	16.4
	NH Asian	2	0.7	79	4.5
	NH Others	7	2.9	70	3.0
Education	Less than high school	12	7.1	98	5.4
	12 years or completed high school	20	21.0	344	20.7
	Some college	42	43.3	640	42.3
	College graduate or higher	64	28.6	989	31.5
Income	Less than 20,000	20	13.5	302	13.5
	20,000 to less than 35,000	11	3.3	246	10.1
	35,000 to less than 50,000	16	10.0	248	11.6
	50,000 to less than 75,000	24	26.5	352	19.2
	75,000 or more	60	46.7	791	45.7
Cancer Worry1	Not at all or Slightly	29	14.6	940	41.7
	Somewhat	40	29.2	581	30.8
	Extremely or Moderately	70	56.2	578	27.5
Perceived Genetic Susceptibility2	A lot or Somewhat	128	95.3	1737	84.2
	A little or Not at all	10	4.7	334	15.8
Importance of Genetics for cancer prevention3	Very or Somewhat	126	93.0	1646	82.3
	A little or Not at all	13	7.0	425	17.7
Importance of genetics for early detection of cancer3	Very or Somewhat	136	98.3	1772	87.6
	A little or Not at all	4	1.7	301	12.4
Fatalistic belief4	Strongly/Somewhat agree	97	68.3	1433	72.2
	Strongly/Somewhat disagree	42	31.7	654	27.8
Prevention not possible5	Strongly/Somewhat agree	31	22.6	562	30.0
	Strongly/Somewhat disagree	108	77.4	1529	70.0
Too many recommendations6	Strongly/Somewhat agree	94	74.7	1526	75.1
	Strongly/Somewhat disagree	44	25.3	562	24.9
Self-efficacy7	Strongly/Somewhat agree	124	86.7	1861	90.4
	Strongly/Somewhat disagree	15	13.3	224	9.6
Desire to know about mutation status8	A lot or Somewhat	127	89.6	1621	78.5
	A little or Not at all	13	10.4	460	21.5
Personal history of cancer	No cancer history	91	70.5	1806	92.9
	Breast/ovarian/rectal/colon cancer	32	23.0	30	0.6
	Other cancers	18	6.5	258	6.6
Family history of cancer	Yes	122	89.9	1539	71.3
	No/Not sure	16	10.1	532	28.7

NH: Non-Hispanic; ¹How worried are you about getting cancer?; ²How much do you think genes that are inherited determine whether or not a person will develop [cancer]?; ³How important is knowing a person’s genetic information for: a) preventing cancer; and, b) detecting cancer early; ⁴It seems like everything causes cancer; ⁵There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer; ⁶There are so many different recommendations about preventing cancer, it’s hard to know which ones to follow; ⁷If I found out from a genetic test that I was at high risk of cancer, I would change my behaviors such as diet, exercise and getting routine medical tests; ⁸How much would you want to know if you have a genetic change that increases your chances of getting cancer?